Manifolding device.



PATENTED NOV. 5, 1907.

B. E. MOSHEEHY. MANIFOLDING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 14, 1906.

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MANIFOLDING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1907.

Application filed December 14. 1906. Serial No. 347.893.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BARTHOLOMEW E. MCSHEEHY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Manifolding Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to manifolding systems and the squaring of paper with a given writing line and more particularly to books, typewriting machines with sheet supporting boards presenting the same superficial conditions or other devices for holding the loose sheets .to be made up into record books and providing for means by which accounts are copied consecutively on the sheets as will be more fully explained in the following specification, set forth in the appended claims and illustrated in the drawings, where it will be seen that like reference characters are used to designate the same parts in the various figures.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved inanifolding book. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the leaves separated. Fig. 3 shows a means employed for properly placing the sheet to receive the copy in one of the leaves of the book. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views.

The device is arranged as a book with the covers 2 and 3 united by a flexible section 4 the whole being covered with leather or cloth to present a neat and tasty appearance and firmly secured to the back 3 by means of glue or riveting is a plate 5 of sheet metal or other similar substance having its outer edge bent to form an acute-angle 6. The inner edge of this plate 5 is turned at a right-angle to form the upright portion 7 which is looped at its extreme end to form a hinge S as will be hereinafter explained. A number of similar sheet metal plates 9 are hinged upon the upright 7 each plate having its inner end provided with lips which form the hinged means for cooperating with the hinge S of the plate 5. These lips 10 may be of any other desired construction as I do not limit myself to this exact construction as other forms may be resorted to. The outer ends of these plates 9 are also turned at an acuteangle similar to the plate 5 and at certain points 11 are cut away for the insertion of fasteners 12 which are adapted to hold the record sheet 13 to the leaf while a copy is being made upon it. Other fasteners may be also provided at the top and bottom of the sheet 13 if found necessary but with the fasteners 12 and the adjusting device 14 the sheet 13 will be properly held in its position.

The adjusting and squaring device 14 consists of a strip of wood having a groove 15 along its upper face to receive a rubber band 16 which may be substituted by a cord or a wire, or any device for holding the strip in position as a peg at each end setting into holes in the plate to hold the strip in place, and along the upper face of the strip are marks corresponding with the ruling of the sheet 13. These marks may be numbered consecutively to correspond with similar numbers on the edge of the record sheet. 7

The bill, invoice or letter to be copied is represented in dotted lines at 17 and it is obvious that the ruling on this bill must be identical with the record sheet 13 so that when the first bill is entered at the top of the record sheet and its entry made thereon the recorder notes the number of the last line on the record sheet containing an entry and places the first line of his next bill on the first blank line of his record sheet preparatory to making his new entry. This course is followed until the whole of the record sheet 13 is filled. The arrangement of record sheets on the other leaves of this manifolding device is similar to that above described except that these record sheets may be for different records or books for instance the top leaf may contain the cash record the next leaf the correspondence the third leaf invoices and so on for all the books which the average commercial house is using. These records sheets 13 are perforated on the inner edge and are bound in covers for future reference.

While the angular edges 6 of the leaves of the book are adapted to properly arrange the record sheets on the leaf it may be necessary in case that a large number of metal sheets are used to dispense with the angular edge and to provide some other means to properly place the record sheet for use, and, in order to accomplish this the device illustrated in Fig. 3 may be used in which case I provide arule or tri-angle 18 having secured to it overhanging arms 19 which engage the adjusting strip 14 and slide along same as may be desired. In order to properly limit the movement of this rule or tri-angle I provide the same with a pawl 20 which enters perfora-,

tions 21 in the strips. This device is also adaptable to certain front feeding typewriting machines on which is to be found a sheet supporting board to which the vertical adjusting squaring device may be attached. By means of this device it is possible to draw lines on the record sheets besides properly adjusting the sheet so that all the lines on the same may be perfectly horizontal. For vertical lines the strip 14 may be used and where it is necessary to draw oblique lines the inclined edge of the tri-angle may be used.

It is obvious that various other modifications may be resorted to without departing from the essential features above described.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

an adjusting strip provided with equidistant marks removably fixed to said back or cover, and an arm mounted to slide on said adjusting strip at right angles thereto.

3. In a manifolding or copying device, the combination with a back or cover, of a plate secured to said back, and a plurality of rigid leaves hinged to said plate and having their outer edges turned at an angle to said back, and an adjusting strip removably secured to one of said leaves to hold record sheets thereon, said strip having markings which are spaced apart to conform to the rulings on said record sheet.

4. In a manifolding and copying device, the combination with a back or cover, of a series of sheet metal leaves provided with upturned outer edges to contain loose record sheets, a marker for holding the inner ends of the sheets and a squaring member mounted to slide on the marker.

5. In a manifolding and copying device, the combination with a back or cover, of sheet metal leaves provided with upturned outer edges to contain loose record sheets, a marker for holding the inner ends of the sheets, and a rule or triangle mounted to slide upon said marker.

6. In a manifolding and copying device, the combination with a back or cover, of a series of sheet metal leaves provided with upturned outer edges to contain loose record sheets, a strip provided with a series of marks thereon, a sliding triangle mounted upon said strip, and a pawl carried by said triangle and adapted to engage perforations in said strip, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, BARTHOLOMEW E. MCSHEEHY.

Witnesses Gnonor. S. EDWARDS, META Smnvnns. 

